Grips for handguns

ABSTRACT

Improved grips for handguns including transparent grip plates to permit viewing of the remaining ammunition in a magazine-fed automatic pistol, a magazine grip extension angled backward from the main grip line and of reduced thickness to provide an efficient grip for the little finger, and a forefinger pocket formed on the front of the trigger guard to provide a secure grip for the forefinger of the free (left) hand thus improving control of recoil when a two-handed hold is used by the shooter for fast firing.



1. In a semi-automatic pistol having a trigger guard, a butt and anammunition magazine releasably retained within said butt, gripscomprising: a grip extension extending from said ammunition magazine,the front contour of said grip extension being angled backward from thefront contour of said butt of said pistol at an angle in the range from10* to 30*, the thickness of said grip extension being in the range fromseven-sixteenths to nine-sixteenths of an inch to provide a firm gripfor the little finger of a shooter; transparent grip plates mounted onsaid butt of said pistol to permit viewing of the contents of saidammunition magazine of said pistol; and a projection extending forwardfrom the lower front portion of the trigger guard of said pistol so asto form a pocket for the forefinger of the free hand of the shooter, theforwardmost point of said projection being at least one-tenth inch infront of the rearwardmost point of said pocket so as to at leastpartially capture the underside of said forefinger and thereby enablesaid forefinger to control the upward recoil action caused by firingsaid handgun.
 2. In a semi-automatic pistol having a butt and anammunition magazine releasably retained within said butt, a gripextension extending from said ammunition magazine, the front contour ofsaid grip extension being angled backward at an angle in the range from10* to 30* from the front contour of the butt of said pistol, thethickness of said grip extension being in the range fromseven-sixteenths to nine-sixteenths of an inch to provide a firm gripfor the little finger of a shooter.
 3. In a firearm of the type in whichan ammunition magazine is releasably retained in operative positionwithin a handgrip of said firearm, the combination of a magazine havingcut-away sides in order to expose its contents to view, and grip platesmade of a transparent material and mounted on said handgrip of saidfirearm to permit viewing of the contents of said magazine.
 4. In ahandgun having a trigger guard, a projection extending forward from thelower front portion of said trigger guard so as to form A pocket on thefront portion of said trigger guard for accommodating the forefinger ofthe free hand of the shooter, the forwardmost point of said projectionbeing at least one-tenth inch in front of the rearwardmost point of saidpocket so as to at least partially capture the underside of saidforefinger and thereby enable said forefinger to control the upwardrecoil action caused by firing said handgun.